On the hill overlooking Stalybridge, bordering Dukinfield lie the ruins of two great houses sharing grounds covering 35 acres of woodland and meadow, and one name. One dates back to the 17th Century and the English Civil War, while the other was the site of one of the most intriguing unsolved murders of the 20th Century. “Old Gorse Hall” first appears in records belonging to Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Duckenfield, as part of the Dockenfeld Manor. Robert Duckenfield was a Parli